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| | Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Israel's plans for Lebanon suffered a severe setback on September 14, 1982, with the assassination of the Phalangist leader and President-elect Bachir Gemayel, who was regarded as secretly sympathetic to Israel. | | | On February 14, 2005, after 10 years of relative political stability, Lebanon was shaken by the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in a car-bomb explosion. | | | The pact included a promise by the Christians not to seek French protection and to accept Lebanon's "Arab face", and a Muslim promise to recognize independence and legitimacy of the Lebanese state in its 1920 boundaries and to renounce aspirations for union with Syria. |
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| | The Peace Encyclopedia: Lebanon, Lebanese |
| | Lebanon was divided between a pro-Arab, mostly Islamic camp, which supported the Palestinians, and a Lebanese nationalist, Christian inspired camp, opposed to the dilution of the country's historic identity. | | | Lebanon was formerly governed jointly by Muslims and Christians according to the agreement after WWII. | | | Lebanon was attacked by the Palestinians under Yasser Arafat's leadership and also by the Syrians under Hafez el Assad. |
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| | Lebanon, country, Asia |
| | Egyptian President on Iraq "Catastrophe", Mideast Peace Talks, Lebanon, Syria | | | General Assembly, reviewing global mine-clearance efforts, is told lingering problem destroys resources, hampers development; Grave human toll continues from years-old weapons -- `Assassins in hiding', says Lebanon, among delegates of 20 countries urging continued removal action -- Part 1 of 2. | | | mee121817 BEIRUT,gathered here SaturSouth Lebanon Army (SLA) on Outside the United Nations' Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia in downtown Beirut, the young protestors held banners calling for Israel's halt to attacks on children and civilians. |
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| | cedar of Lebanon - encyclopedia article about cedar of Lebanon. |
| | Lebanon has historically been defined by the mountains, which have provided protection for the local population. | | | The trees were used in ancient times by the Phoenicians to build their trade and military ships, as well as their houses and temples. | | | According to the Talmud, Jews used to burn Lebanese cedar wood on the Mount of Olives to announce the beginning of the new year. |
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| | Lebanon (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net |
| | The Lebanon range is now inhabited by a population of about 300,000 Christians, Maronites, and Druses, and is ruled by a Christian governor. | | | Its highest peak is Hermon (q.v.), from which a number of lesser ranges radiate. | | | Lebanon proper, Jebel es-Sharki, commences at its southern extremity in the gorge of the Leontes, the ancient Litany, and extends northeast, parallel to the Mediterranean coast, as far as the river Eleutherus, at the plain of Emesa, "the entering of Hamath" (Num. |
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